Power transmission mechanism



- Oct. 22, 1940. J. s. ALSPAUGH POWER TRANSMISSION MECHANISM Filed July 27, 1938 III Zinvcntor I B 07 Q; 4

(Ittorneg s fatented Oct. 22, 1540 b I H V a t v t ,POWER TRANSMISSION'MEGHANISM y Ja es SJA lspaugh; Portsmouth, .Qhio Application July 27, 1938,-Serial No. 221,559

. v 8Claims, (Cl. 74-1298) Y,

. This invention relates to power transmitting shaft portions '2ila1'are as illustrated in Figures means and while it, as shown'herein, is particu-'- l. and 3 of. smaller diameter and carry spaced larly adapted for driving motorsvehiclesit can' planet. gears 22 of isuitable diameter to mesh be used or modified for other purposes. 1 s with internal gears Mb carried by the cylindrical One object of the inventionis to provide an housing H The planet gears 22 mesh with 'a 5 improved mechanism in which the power is 'mulperipheral sun'gear l'5b of suitable diameter car-4. tiplied to start and maintain the drive by means ried .by an angularrsleeve l5 mounted on the of levers and fulcra in the form of journaled driving shaft 6, preferably intermediate the gears planetary gears engaging a rotary drum and the Ga: and 6b.* The angular sleeve I5 is provided 10 power and driven shaft. 1. with a 'shoulder'portion a which receives the) Other objects will appear from the disclosure gear carrying member I 9'. i

herein. A plurality of spaced'shafts l 'lhwhich carry a Ihe invention is embodied'in the-examplehereplurality of 's'pacedplanet gears" l8 are suitably inshown and described the feature of novelty jou'rnaled atone endinthe angular gear carry- 1 being finallyclaimed. 1 ing sleevel5;"and atthe other end in the sup 15 In the-accompanying drawlng'-' porting ring 16. The planet gears l8 mesh with Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the upper an internal gear m1 carried "by the cylindrical half of the mechanism the' lower half being in] housing H and: with" an external gea'r l3b' of external elevation and the mechanism in said" suitable diameter-carriedby'another angular lower half being a continuation"- and symmetrical sleeve'l-3' mounted onthe driving shaft 6, prefer- 20' inversionof what is'shown in'th'eupper half. 5 If ably'intermediat'e'the gears 6a and 6b. {The an-' Fig. '2 isa transverse section of the mechanism' gular sleeve I3 is provided with .a shoulder 3a on the line IIII, Fig, 1 with parts broken out. which supports the ring lfi-as-illustrated. I

Fig. '3 is a detail view 'of thering'frame for The angulai fsleeve l'3"carries a plurality of carrying the gears that clutch anddrive the' sbace drstub shafts 114 which are provided with 25 driven shaft. a plurality of' spacedp ni n o e Referring now to. the drawing, it"will' be obeter supported to-engage'the gear 6a carried by served that a driving shaftfi extends to 'the right the driving sh'a'ft (5." The'pinions' I 5 at theirarid may be driven by any suitable. source. of out'er edges'mesh with an internal ring gear carepower such for example as" an engine or. other riedby'a cylindrical drum "lb mounted on a-raprime mover. The drivingfishaft 6 projel'its. -.dially"extending.fiange la which is carried by through the transmission unitand is suitably a- 'sleevel' surroundingthedriving shaft 6"pre-f-; journalled in the end of a driven-shaft. '5' irifa erably beyond the anchor gear 6a. known manner. A cylindrical housing 'I l'hav "An'auxiliary sleeve-8 is interposed between the ing suitable radially extending endvplates-S -and sleeve T and "theradially extending end plate 9 I0 surrounds a portion of the driving shaftxG as illustrated is provided to effect a reverse drive and is held in placebyasuitablemeans suchfor mechanism. to drive the driven shaft 5 in reeXample as the longitudinally;extending bolts i1; verse direction; The sleeve 8 is formed. with exlustrated. "1 1- ternalgea'r' teeth which engage a plurality of (H) A plurality of suitably spaced"gears=6a*and 6b spaced'pinions 'fl mounted on stub shafts fl2 40 are carried by thedrivi-ng shaft 6,and cooperate: carried. by the. radially extending end plate 9. with suitable gear means interposed in the cylin- The pinions 7 2:1: engage an internal ring gear drical housing ll to transmit power. from the carried by the cylindrical drum .11) supported by driving shaft 6 tothedriven shaft 5 in a manner, the radially extending flange Ia; I 5 hereinafter more'fully described; A plurality of he sleeve 1,- 's provided with radially extend- 5 spaced rotatable interconnected gear carrying ing teeth 10, and the sleeve 8 is provided with members l9 and 20 areprovided'to interposeaxially extending teeth Bapreferably in linewith' suitable planet gears 23 between thewgear fibgcar the'teeth -Jc. Means including'a gear clutch eleried by the driving shaft 6, and an internal gear ment 24* having inwardly extending gearteeth He carried by the cylindrical housing Hy The, 241E115 provided to interconnect the'driven shaft'50 gears 23 are carried on shaft portions Zia of 5 and; the sleeve 1 through the teeth 'lc to drive spaced shafts 2i supportedin the gear carrying the driven shaft in forward direction; *orto inmembers it and 20, and fixed relative to the terconnect the; driven shaft 5 with the sleeve 8 member 28 preferably by means-"of akey 20a. throughthe teeth. 8a to :drive the driven shaft 5 The portions 2-! of the shafts to;the left of the 5 inreverse direction. 1

through the gear 82) torotate the pinions 23 about the drive shaft 6 or torotate the cylindrical housing II about the drive shaft 6 by means of the internal gear carried by the cylindrical'housing II. The pinions 22 meshing with the internal gear lib of the housing H and being mounted on the shafts 2| will movewith the pinions 23 and be driven at a different speed than the pinions 23.

The pinions 22 meshing with the peripheral sun gear lb drives the angular gear carrying 1 sleeve l5 at 'a speed dependent on the variation of the diameters of the gears which drive it. Movement of the angular gear carrying sleeve l5 operates through the pinion gears l8 which mesh with the internal gear Ila of .the cylindrical housing II to drive the peripheral sun gear l3b carried by the angular gear carrying sleeve l3. The pinions or planet gears l5 carried by the angular sleeve I3 mesh with the gear Bu carried'by the driving shaft 6 and drive the cylindrical drum lb carried by the radially extending flange 1a to transmit power through the sleeve 1 andgear clutch elements 24 to drive the driven shaft 5 in the same direction as the drivfing'shaft 6' at a different speed dependent on the gear ratio of the various gears comprising the driving gear train. i

When it is desired to drive the driven shaft 5 in the reverse direction; the gear clutch elements 24 are shifted axially and the gears 24a engage the gears 8a of the sleeve 8. The drive" through the device is the same as in forward drive up to the point wherethe spaced pinions l5 are driven to drive the cylindrical drum 1b.

- In reverse drive, the drum 1b drives the spaced pinions 21 carried on the stub shafts l2 mounted in the end plate 9. The pinions 21 drive the sleeve 8 rotatably mounted on the sleeve 8 to drive the driven shaft 5 in reverse direction through the clutch element 24. The speed of rotation imparted to the 'driven shaft 5 in reverse is of course dependent on the gear ratio of the gears comprising the driving gear'train.

The form and number of parts can be modified or varied without departing'from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

l. Ina transmission mechanism a shaft havin affixed thereto two annular gears, one of said gears being an anchoring gear, a cylindrical drum mounted to turn on said shaft, said drum provided with annular internal gear teeth, 'a" planet gear engaged with said anchoring gear, and a planet gear engaged with the teeth of the said drum, and a'companion planet gear eccentrically mounted as respects the axis of the last mentioned planet gear and engaging the teeth of the drum and the other annular gear of the shaft.

'2. In a transmission mechanism a shaft having afi'ixedthereto two annular gears, one of said gears being an anchoring gear, a cylindrical drum mounted'to turn on said shaft, said drum provided with annular internal gear teeth, a planet gear engaged with said anchoring gea'r, and a planet gear engaged with the teeth" of the said and a planet gear engaged with the teeth of the said drum, and a companion planet gear eccentrically'mounted as respects the axis of the last mentioned planet gear and engaging the teeth of the drum and the other annular gear "offthe shaft, anda rigid annular frame slidingly supportingsaid companion planet gears.

4. In a transmission mechanism a shaft having affixed thereto two annular gears, one of said gears being an anchoring gear, a cylindrical drum mounted to turn on said shaft, said drum provided with annular internal gear teeth, a planet gear engaged with-said anchoring gear, and a planet gear engaged with the teeth of the said drum, and a companion planet gear eccentrically mounted as respects the axis of the last mentioned planet gear and engaging the teeth of the drum and the other annular gear of the shaft, and selective means for reversing the direction of motion of said transmission mechanism.

5. A power transmission mechanism including a power shaft and a driving shaft, said driving shaft having afiixed thereto an annular anchoring gear and an annular driving gear, a cylindrical drum having internal gears, said drum mounted to turn on said driving shaft, a planet gear engaged with said anchoring gear and means operating on the power shaft for receiving drive from said planet gear, and planet gears engaged with the internal gears of said cylindrical drum, one of said last named gears being eccentrically mounted .on the shaft of the gear next to it and engaged with the driving gear of the driving shaft.

6. A power transmission mechanism including a power shaft and a driving shaft, said driving shaft having affixed thereto an annular anchoring gear and an annular driving gear, a cylindrical drum having internal gear teeth, said drum carrying aspur gear and mounted to turn on said driving shaft; a planet gear engaged with said'anchoring gear, planet gears engaged with the said internal gear teeth of the cylindrical drum, .one of said last named gears being eccentrically mounted relative to the other of the last named gears and engaged with the said driving gear of the driving shaft, and means for receiving drive from said planet gears including an angular sleeve having a vertical portion provided with a cross rim internally gear'toothed at oppo-'- site sides of said vertical portion, one of said internally toothed rim portions engaging the planet gear engaging the aforesaid anchoring gears carried by the driving shaft and one of said spaced ring gears, a plurality of spaced gear carrying sleeves mounted on the driving shaft inter-' mediate said spaced gears, a driving sleeve having a ring gear spaced therefrom carried by the driving shaft, a plurality of sets of spaced planetary gear means interposed between the spaced gears carried by the driving shaft, at least one of said sets of planetary gears meshing with one of the internal ring gears carried by the cylindrical housing and another of said sets interconnecting one of the gears carried by the driving shaft and the ring gear carried by the driving sleeve, and clutch means between the driving sleeve and the driven shaft.

8. In a transmission, a driving shaft. having a plurality of spaced gears, a driven shaft, a cylindrical housing having spaced internal ring gears surrounding the driving shaft, planetary gear means interposed between one of the spaced gears carried by the driving shaft and one of cylindrical housing and another of said sets interconnecting one of the gears carried by the driving shaft and one of the ring gears carried by the driving sleeve, a reverse driving sleeve surrounding the driving sleeve, planetary gear means interposed between the reverse driving sleeve and the other of the ringgears carried by the driving sleeve, and clutch means between the reverse driving sleeve and the driven shaft to drive the driven shaft in the opposite direction. 20

JAMES S, ALSPAUGH. 

